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Belly dance festival to benefit Korean women

Apr 18, 2012

A celebration of World Belly Dance Day in Seoul is set to support Korean women’s rights. The international event is held on the second Saturday in May each year to let belly dancers around the world unite to celebrate their art, and also benefit good causes. The Raising Awareness in Korea 2012 weekend of charity dance events is to include two performances on May 12 and a day of workshops on May...
Veteran actor named honorary superintendent

Social affairsApr 18, 2012

The National Police Agency promoted veteran actor Choi Bul-am on Wednesday to honorary senior superintendent. Choi, 72, had been named an honorary superintendent when he starred in MBC drama “Crime Investigation Squad Captain” as the team leader roughly 35 years ago. “The drama expressed the symbolic meaning of police investigations well,” said a police official. “Although the drama first aire...
Teens beat girl to death for ‘badmouthing’

Social affairsApr 18, 2012

Police detained nine teenagers Wednesday for killing a 17-year-old girl and burying the body in a park. Police in Ilsan, on the outskirts of Seoul, said the runaway boys and girls beat the victim with blunt weapons on April 5 for badmouthing them. Two of them, however, felt guilty and later turned themselves in. Police will seek arrest warrants for the five suspects who are believed to have led...
Lawmaker-elect leaves ruling party over sexual assault allegations

PoliticsApr 18, 2012

A lawmaker-elect quit the ruling Saenuri Party Wednesday over allegations that he attempted to rape the wife of his late brother 10 years ago, saying he will return to the party after clearing "misunderstandings" about him. Kim Hyung-tae, 60, who was elected in a district in the southeastern city of Pohang in last week's general elections, said in a statement he decided to leave the party in ord...
China stops N.Korean deportations over rocket: report

North KoreaApr 18, 2012

China has stopped sending fleeing North Koreans back across the border, in retaliation for Pyongyang failing to consult its ally over last week's rocket launch, a Japanese report said Wednesday. The Yomiuri Shimbun quoted two Chinese officials as saying the long-standing policy of swiftly returning any North Korean who made it across the border and into China -- despite the punishment they face ...
Dinosaurs put eggs in wrong evolutionary basket: scientists

ScienceApr 18, 2012

The fact that land-bound dinosaurs laid eggs is what sealed their fate of mass extinction millions of years ago while live birthing mammals went on to thrive, scientists said Wednesday. In a new explanation for mammals’ evolutionary victory over dinosaurs, researchers said a mathematical model has shown that infant size was the clincher. Given physical limitations to egg size, dinosaurs had com...
Lawmaker-elect leaves ruling party over allegations of attempted rape

NationalApr 18, 2012

A lawmaker-elect quit the ruling Saenuri Party Wednesday over allegations that he attempted to rape the wife of his late brother 10 years ago, a party official said. Kim Hyung-tae, 60, who was elected in a district in the southeastern city of Pohang in last week's general elections, denies the allegations, but decided to leave the party in order not to put a burden on the party and its leader, t...
Woman kills husband for assaulting daughter

Social affairsApr 17, 2012

A woman was arrested Tuesday for killing her husband who had sexually assaulted their disabled daughter. Their two other children were booked for assisting in the murder. Police in Seongnam said the 48-year-old woman and her son and daughter suffocated the man last Wednesday after biding his hands and feet with ropes and put tape on his mouth. They acted after the 48-year-old drunk father sexua...
Woman kills husband for assaulting daughter

Social affairsApr 17, 2012

A woman was arrested for killing her husband who sexually assaulted their daughter with disability. Their two children were booked for assisting the murder. 부인, 자녀와 합세, 남편 묶고 질식사 시켜 성남 중원경찰서는 17일 딸을 폭행한다는 이유 로 자녀들과 함께 남편을 질식사 시킨 혐의(폭행치사 등)로 이모(48ㆍ여)씨를 구속 했다. 또 어머니를 도운 자녀 2명을 같은혐의로 불구속 입건했다. 경찰에 따르면 이씨는 지난 11일 밤 10시께 성남시 중원구 자신의 집에서 남편( 48)이 술을 마시고 뇌병변 장애를 앓고있는 딸(26)을 폭행하자 자녀들과 합세, 남편 의 손과 발을 ...
Kwak gets heavier punishment

Social affairsApr 17, 2012

Seoul education chief Kwak No-hyun, already convicted of buying out a rival candidate in the 2010 election, received a heavier sentence of one-year in prison in his appeals trial on Tuesday. The Seoul High Court upheld the lower court’s conviction of Kwak for election law violation and sentenced him to one year in prison, stating that the earlier fine of 30 million won was too weak for his offen...
U.S. considers tougher sanctions on North Korea

North KoreaApr 17, 2012

Washington warns another provocation by North Korea would be disastrous The U.S. government said it is reviewing ways to toughen bilateral sanctions against North Korea for its recent rocket launch separately from the U.N. Security Council. “We’re always looking at ways to strengthen our sanctions regime, whether it’s bilateral or multilateral through the U.N., especially in light of North Kore...
Parties strive to appeal to the ideological center

PoliticsApr 17, 2012

Upon the results of last week’s general elections, parties have set out to embrace moderate members of their faction ahead of December’s presidential election. Rep. Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party started her under-the-table communications with center-right political rookies, according to party officials Monday. She will not, however, immediately ally with conventional right-wing part...
Parties to hold last session on pending bills

PoliticsApr 17, 2012

The major parties agreed to hold a provisional session for the last time before the next parliamentary term starts, in order to handle some of the currently pending bills. “I have reached an agreement with my opposition counterpart Rep. Kim Jin-pyo to hold a session next Tuesday,” said Rep. Hwang Woo-yea, floor leader of the ruling Saenuri Party on Tuesday. “We expect to wrap up urgent issues s...
Ahn urged to decide his future course

PoliticsApr 17, 2012

Moon Seung-keun, acting chair of the main opposition Democratic United Party, on Tuesday offered Ahn Cheol-soo admittance into the liberal bloc’s presidential nomination process, calling the IT guru a comrade. Speaking on a radio program, he said there were ways for him to win the party’s backing in the December presidential election without actually joining the party. “In a broad sense, we are...
Korean defense contractors seek opportunities at Malaysian show

DefenseApr 17, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR ― South Korean defense equipment makers are seeking ways to expand their presence in the international market at this year’s Defense Services Asia in Kuala Lumpur. Organized by Defense Services Asia Exhibition and Conference Sdn Bhd., DSA is the world’s fifth-largest defense industry show. More than 850 companies from 42 countries are displaying their wares at the show, which ends ...